Young programmer and hacker Gena meets Khottabych - a genie who can't quite understand today life realities after spending thousands of years in a lamp.
A provincial war vet arrives in Moscow and subsequently takes on a gang of bad cops.
In the pre-New Year bustle of Moscow, Galina accidentally meets her first love, former classmate Eduard. Remembering the past, they decide to celebrate the New Year together. But the festive night will bring many surprises, because old acquaintances are in no hurry to tell each other about the changes that have happened to them over all these years...
